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Zechariah 2:1

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

3 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
KJV
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
WEB
I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
ASV
And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
DARBY
And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
BLB
And I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man, and in his hand [was] a measuring line.
ÅB
Så løftet jeg mine øyne opp og fikk se en mann som hadde en målesnor i sin hånd.
OTB
Så løftet jeg mine øyne og så, og se, det var en mann med en målesnor i hånden.
B1930
Så løftet jeg mine øine op og fikk se en mann som hadde en målesnor i sin hånd.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 40:3

    So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.

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  • Zechariah 1:16

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’

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  • Ezekiel 47:4

    Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.

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  • Revelation 21:15

    The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.

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  • Revelation 11:1

    Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.

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  • Ezekiel 40:5

    And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

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  • Zechariah 1:18

    Then I looked up and saw four horns.

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